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Satiric \Sa*tir"ic\, Satirical \Sa*tir"ic*al\, a. [L. satiricus: cf. F. satirique.] 1. Of or pertaining to satire; of the nature of satire; as, a satiric style.
2. Censorious; severe in language; sarcastic; insulting. ``Satirical rogue.'' --Shak.
This is meant, I think, as a satiric comment on the American dream gone berserk, but it ends up sounding trite and mildly didactic.
The program had its redeeming satiric moments toward the end, but too few too late.
The satiric bite that made Warner Bros. cartoons fun for all ages is now largely missing. "Daffy Duck's Quackbusters" is OK for the kids, but for adults there are certainly better video anthologies around.
The show's life-is-a-cabaret mood is raw yet slick - in songs, satiric monologues, legwork, the pattern of pumps and stilettos on the ground.
Imposing liability for parodies of public figures will be "a powerful inhibitor of humorous and satiric commentary," he said.
Police in jeeps and trucks broke up a gathering of 2,000 people when a satiric dissident group tried to hold a demonstration "to defend communism" at a monument to the founder of the Soviet secret police.
There is also a subplot about the movie Marina has been making, and Almodovar scores some satiric jabs at the absurdities of the film business.
He made headlines by obliquely referring to former Quebec Premier Rene Levesque as a "frog" while performing a satiric song at a party convention.